How to invent and protect your invention : a guide to patents for scientists and engineers /

• Main Author: Kennedy, Joseph Paul, 1928-
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Other Authors: Watkins, Wayne H., Ball, Elyse N.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2012]
• Subjects: Patent laws and legislation > United States > Popular works.; Inventors > United States > Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Patents > United States.; Inventions > United States.; Inventions.; Inventors.; Patent laws and legislation.; Patents.; Patent laws and legislation / United States / Popular works.; Inventors / United States / Handbooks, manuals, etc.; United States.; Electronic books.; Handbooks and manuals.; Popular works.

Table of Contents:

• The U.S. Patent System
• Origins of U.S. Patent Law
• How to Invent: Intellectual Aspects of Inventing
• A Short Summary of Intellectual Property
• Requirements of Patentability
• How does the Patent Process Work?
• Infringement and Freedom to Operate
• Biotechnology, Computer Software, and Business Method Patents
• Who is the Inventor?
• Ownership
• Translating Ideas into Economic Reward
• Foreign Patents
• Innovation
• Concluding Thoughts
• Appendix 1: Important Forms
• Appendix 2: Self-Assessment Questions.